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Hilliard Graves's 1978-1979 season

Points
26
NHL#190
Goals
11
NHL#162
Assists
15
NHL#210
Plus/minus
-15
NHL#379
Games
62
77%
77% of 80

Right winger Hilliard Graves was 27 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks. He played 62 of a possible 80 games and scored 11 goals and 15 assists for 26 points, 0.42 points per game.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1978-1979Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Hilliard Graves plays the 1978-1979 season for Vancouver Canucks

    VANVancouver Canucks

    Hilliard was 27 years old when the 1978-1979 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CLR2–8VAN
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
      View the game
    Milestone

    Hilliard Graves reaches 250 career points

    in the game against Colorado Rockies · October 11

    • The game
      STL4–8VAN
      W
      game 2/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      VAN3–3CHI
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN6–8STL
      L
      game 4/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      VAN2–7MNS
      L
      game 5/805
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      BOS5–1VAN
      L
      game 6/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–3VAN
      W
      game 7/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      VAN2–6NYR
      L
      game 8/806
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–5NYI
      L
      game 9/806
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–2PHI
      W
      game 10/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • November 1978
    • The game
      VAN1–0CHI
      W
      game 11/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–1VAN
      L
      game 12/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–2VAN
      L
      game 13/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–4AFM
      L
      game 14/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN6–4DET
      W
      game 15/806
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS3–2VAN
      L
      game 16/806
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–0VAN
      L
      game 17/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT6–3VAN
      L
      game 18/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      L
      game 19/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–5VAN
      W
      game 20/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      10
      points
      NHL#112
      5
      goals
      NHL#71
      5
      assists
      NHL#138
      VAN
      7-12-0W-L-OT15Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN7–2CLR
      W
      game 21/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYI5–2VAN
      L
      game 22/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN6–3STL
      W
      game 23/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–1CHI
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • December 1978
    • The game
      DET1–2VAN
      W
      game 25/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM0–3VAN
      W
      game 26/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-6SOG
      +2 goals
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    • The game
      CHI2–4VAN
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH7–5VAN
      L
      game 28/805
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–7BOS
      L
      game 29/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–5TOR
      L
      game 30/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–6PIT
      L
      game 31/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–6BUF
      L
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–5MNS
      L
      game 33/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–7DET
      L
      game 34/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK0–2VAN
      W
      game 35/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3VAN
      game 36/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN0–4LAK
      L
      game 37/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN0–9NYI
      L
      game 38/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–3PIT
      W
      game 39/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–6NYR
      L
      game 40/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      17
      points
      NHL#144
      9
      goals
      NHL#95
      8
      assists
      NHL#187
      VAN
      14-23-0W-L-OT31Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN0–2MTL
      L
      game 41/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    Milestone

    Hilliard Graves reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Montréal Canadiens · January 6

    • The game
      VAN5–1TOR
      W
      game 42/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–4VAN
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–3STL
      game 44/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–5WSH
      L
      game 45/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2VAN
      game 46/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3VAN
      game 47/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI5–0VAN
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–4VAN
      W
      game 49/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–2CLR
      game 50/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–3VAN
      L
      game 51/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • February 1979
    • The game
      VAN1–4AFM
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–1WSH
      W
      game 53/804
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–6BOS
      L
      game 54/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–3STL
      game 55/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–8MNS
      L
      game 56/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–3VAN
      L
      game 57/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–3VAN
      game 58/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR0–3VAN
      W
      game 59/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–3VAN
      L
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 80
      26
      points
      NHL#137
      11
      goals
      NHL#120
      15
      assists
      NHL#152
      VAN
      19-32-0W-L-OT47Points
      Playoff spot
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN0–2LAK
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI4–4VAN
      game 62/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Hilliard Graves closes the 1978-1979 season with 26 points

    VANVancouver Canucks
    Points
    26
    NHL#190
    Games
    62of 80
    78%
    Goals
    11
    NHL#162
    Assists
    15
    NHL#210
    P/GP
    0.42
    NHL#206
    +/-
    -15
    NHL#379
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    250
    career points
    1 month and 13 days later
    Playoffs

    Vancouver Canucks are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Vancouver Canucks meet Philadelphia Flyers

    VANvsPHI
    Swedes on Vancouver Canucks
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    4 days later
    Preliminary round

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Vancouver Canucks out 2–1

    VAN1–2PHI
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round